Glade
Glade , noun
[Probably of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; compare also Welsh golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, from goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]
1.
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
2.
An everglade. [Local, United States]
3.
An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, United States]
Collocations (2)
Bottom glade , See under Bottom.
Glade net , in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.